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Bolete mushrooms can look an awful lot like gilled mushrooms; they have the same general shape of what we think of as a 'mushroom'. The way to tell them apart is to look underneath the cap. Instead of a radiating fan of gills, they're peppered with tiny holes where the spores fall out.
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This, i believe is a bitter bolete, or Tylopilus felleus, which is a tongue twister, but also - true to its name - is very bitter to the taste. I only sampled a smidge to find that out. It's also probably very old for a mushroom, several days old. |
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Some of the bolete family are graceful and beautifully shaped. |
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OFFSITE INFORMATION:
A great general mushroom site is Tom Volk's Mushroom Page, and is in association with the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse. He has over 1000 jpegs of mushrooms and a lot of science. Check out the 'Fungus of the month!'
If you're interested in joining a mycological club, there's one here in Asheville - The Asheville Mushroom Club.
